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The US has expelled 35 Russian diplomats as punishment for alleged interference into last month's presidential elections, giving them 72 hours to leave the country.
It will also close two compounds used for Russian intelligence-gathering.
President Barack Obama had vowed action against Russia amid US accusations it directed hacks against the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton's campaign.
Russia has denied any involvement and called the decision "ungrounded".
The US state department declared the 35 Russian diplomats from the Washington DC embassy and the consulate in San Francisco "persona non grata", and gave them and their families 72 hours to leave the US.
The move follows calls from senior US senators to sanction Russian officials who are believed to have played a role in the hacking, which some lawmakers referred to as America's "political Pearl Harbor".
Republican senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham, who led the calls for sanctions, said they "intend to lead the effort in the new Congress to impose stronger sanctions on Russia".
A Kremlin spokesman told journalists in Moscow that President Vladimir Putin would consider retaliatory measures.
Dmitry Peskov said the actions were "a manifestation of unpredictable and aggressive foreign policy", and called them "ungrounded and not legal".
And the Russian embassy in the UK tweeted a visual gag calling the Obama presidency a lame duck.
Much prefer our system where the removal lorry turns up in Downing Street the day after the result. That way the leader can't make things even worse for his replacement.
it will destroy their profits and influence ho ho ho
Dec 29, 2016 -- 4:10PM, Injera wrote:
Obama really is a twerp. Much prefer our system where the removal lorry turns up in Downing Street the day after the result. That way the leader can't make things even worse for his replacement.
Totally agree 'Gardening leave' should apply, It's madness not to have that implemented.
otherwise its pretty much 6th form leavers pranks
Putin only wants Trump in because a massive mug he can take the p!ss out of, anyone with a brain can see that.
Obama will go down in history as a spineless coward of a president. Chuck Hagel, Obamas own selection as Defence secretary summed him up......He stated: You sit in a meeting with 30/40 people all of whom are called to express an opinion and then at the end its decided they are all unable to come to a decision....whilst Obama provides no leadership or decisive action.
The UN vote last week was the pathetic last throw of the dice from a pathetic president. By doing it as he leaves office, he knows he won't have to deal with the consequences and has treated the office of president and the USA with utter contempt in a point scoring effort against Trump and Netenyahu.
